This Day in History: 1876-06-05
The Regimental History records that at about this time ‘Rapier bayonets [a lighter and narrower type] were issued to the Regiment in place of the heavy sword bayonets, unsuitable to the little Goorkha.’
The Regimental History records that at about this time ‘Rapier bayonets [a lighter and narrower type] were issued to the Regiment in place of the heavy sword bayonets, unsuitable to the little Goorkha.’
Copyright: 2nd King Edward VII's Own Goorkhas - The Sirmoor Rifles Regimental Association.